10 Top Calorie-Burning Horror Movies!!!
The Telegraph just published a report detailing the results of a study done by the University of Westminster on the calorie-burning efficacy of horror films. Per the report, watching some of these horror films burns can burn up nearly 200 calories a time. Or in more tangible terms, a horror movie can burn off a bar of chocolate.
According to the study, “viewers who put themselves through 90 minutes of adrenaline-pumping terror can use up as much as 113 calories, close to the amount burned during a half-hour walk and the equivalent to a chocolate bar.” The University of Westminster study measured the total energy expenditure of ten different people as they watched a selection of frightening movies.
Want to know what the results were? Head inside for the Top 10 Calorie-Burning Horror Movies and then click here for more info!
1. THE SHINING: 184 calories
2. JAWS: 161 calories
3. THE EXORCIST: 158 calories
4. ALIEN: 152 calories
5. SAW: 133 calories
6. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET: 118 calories
7. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: 111 calories
8. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT: 105 calories
9. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: 107 calories
10. [REC]: 101 calories
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I’d move The Exorcist to the #1 spot, take out Jaws & Saw, and have Paranormal & Witch swap spots. Other than that, solid list.
Yea, that list isn’t exactly a matter of opinion, it kinda looks like proven test results
I dunno. Saw seems like such an odd choice for this list. It’s not as gory, violent, and bloody as the other Saw films, but still, when it comes to Saw, I don’t think of any tension, terror, or real jump scares.
They need to put people to the test on Sinister. My heart was beating so fast through most of the movie.
Thats exactly what i was thinking. That shit had me so tense.
Very true! I needed more popcorn for that one!
Where is Haute Tension?
Even better reason to watch horror!
-@Goretorium
Where’s Videodrome? that put a lot of pressure in the blood.
Too bad I eat 5 pounds of butter-saturated popcorn, a gallon of soda and 1/4 pound of sno-caps and twizzlers whenever I go to the movies! ;^D
Noroi: The Curse definitely had my heart beating! That and Sinister should be up there! I also think that REC should be moved up a lot
For more recent calorie-burners, I’d personally select Paranormal Activity 3 and Insidious. My heart was racing and I was practically sweating with both these flicks. Otherwise, I’d put The Exorcist at the top of the list, especially the first time I watched it. I probably lost a few pounds sweating and shivering with The Exorcist
No doubt, The Exorcist is at the top of my list. I saw it when I was a kid and it still creeps me out when I watch it. There is a site called CALFLIX.com where users can rate movies by calorie… it would be interesting to see a horror list as rated by viewers.